NACDOver 90 members of the National Association of Chemical Distributors participated in the 2017 Washington Fly-In, where they met with a record 201 Congressional offices and encouraged them to support legislation that reduces unnecessary burdens on American businesses and to expand Association Health Plans. NACD members met with the offices of legislative leaders on both sides of the political aisle as well as regulatory officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.READ MOREBack to top

NACDJoin NACD and Deneen Rief of Hawkins, Inc. for a webinar on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rule “Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for Importers of Food for Humans and Animals” at 12:00 p.m. (EDT) on Thursday, June 22. This webinar will cover the basic provisions of the rule, requirements that may be applicable to chemical distributors, important exceptions and an opportunity for questions and answers at the end. This is the fourth webinar in a four-part series by NACD covering FDA rules resulting from the passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) in 2011. Register here.Back to top

NACD/EPANACD’s comments on RMP supported the EPA’s decision to delay implementation of the RMP rule until February 2019. NACD also submitted comments on regulatory reform opportunities at EPA including clarification of the general duty clause and modifying the reporting requirements for the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI). Finally, NACD submitted comments recommending that EPA withdraw its two proposed rules on certain TCE uses and incorporate that previous analysis into the larger ongoing TCE risk evaluation.Back to top

TruckinginfoThe Senate has confirmed Jeffrey Rosen as deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Transportation, serving under Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. Rosen was President Trump’s pick for the position and he was confirmed by a 56-42 vote. In the role, he will supervise day-to-day operations at the DOT.Back to top

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Occupational Health & SafetyIn May of 2016, the final rule “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses” was issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to revise its recording and reporting requirements. This ruling, which became effective on January 1, 2017, requires more than 460,000 employers in certain industries to electronically submit to OSHA the injury and illness information that they are already required to keep under existing regulations.Back to top

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Bloomberg BNAA new chemical additive has been approved for commerce by the EPA as long as the compound is made as a polymer which are too large to get into the body and create health issues. The approval announced online May 12 marks the first time the EPA has approved a new chemical with a condition since the Toxic Substances Control Act was amended in June 2016.Back to top

Safety+HealthThe American Society of Safety Engineers has issued a set of recommendations to OSHA to “emphasize the management of risk, sharpen the agency’s focus on productive policies, and fill legislative and regulatory gaps that limit OSHA’s ability to better protect workers.”
ASSE stated that its OSHA Reform Blueprint – released to coincide with North American Occupational Safety and Health Week – was vetted by safety professionals from a number of industries, and that its suggestions are “data-driven and experience-tested.”Back to top

Bloomberg BNASusan Parker Bodine would be a tough and experienced new enforcement chief at the EPA, attorneys who worked with her told Bloomberg BNA. President Donald Trump announced plans late May 12 to nominate Bodine, the chief counsel of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, as the EPA’s next assistant administrator for enforcement and compliance assurance. Bodine also served at the Environmental Protection Agency from 2006 to 2009 in the George W. Bush administration as the assistant administrator for the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, the office that manages hazardous and solid waste management and cleanup programs.Back to top

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Keller and Heckman LLP via LexologySince our last report covering state-level green chemistry initiatives, more states added green chemistry regimes, and some states that already had green chemistry legislation in place issued updates. In many cases, these changes will impose additional burdens on consumer product makers.
State laws vary, which makes the landscape confusing. Some state laws apply only to children’s products, and others potentially affect all consumer products.Back to top

Bloomberg BNAEPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s move to scrap chemical security regulations issued in the waning days of the Obama administration stands to launch years more of discussion, this time on terms more favorable to industry organizations. While industry groups pushed for Congress to overturn the regulation under the Congressional Review Act, their comments filed with the Environmental Protection Agency last year indicate at least some willingness for new, but more lenient, security regulations.Back to top

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The HillThe U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee passed a half dozen bills last Wednesday to keep Washington's regulatory overreach in check, setting the stage for a vote on the Senate floor. NACD President Eric R. Byer issued a statement on this committee markup that included the Regulatory Accountability Act (S. 951) and the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act (S. 584), which NACD supports.Back to top

Financial Regulation NewsLast week, U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-SD) introduced the Investment in New Ventures and Economic Success Today (INVEST) Act of 2017 to simplify accounting rules and reform parts of the tax code to help small and medium-sized businesses recover investment costs and certain other tax deductible business expenses.Back to top

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